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Butler Co. sex offender arrested on child porn charges

Suspect convicted on child molestation charge in 2007

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Updated: 11:45 PM EST Feb 25, 2014

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Tuesday that agents with the Attorney General's Crimes Against Children Unit served a search warrant Monday at the Lauryn Meadows Court home of Brent King, 47.

Butler Co. sex offender arrested on child porn charges

Suspect convicted on child molestation charge in 2007

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Updated: 11:45 PM EST Feb 25, 2014

FAIRFIELD, Ohio —

A registered sex offender living in Fairfield has been taken into custody following a child pornography investigation.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Tuesday that agents with the Attorney General's Crimes Against Children Unit served a search warrant Monday at the Lauryn Meadows Court home of Brent King, 47.

"This defendant was convicted of sexually abusing a child in the past, and now we believe he has victimized other children through the sharing and downloading of child pornography," DeWine said in a news release. "The role of the Crimes Against Children Unit is to assist local law enforcement agencies in going after offenders like this one by one."

According to Dearborn-Ohio County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard, King was in his courtroom before.

“He's a convicted child molester, he was convicted of a Class A felony child molest, which is pretty serious,” he said.

Negangard said in 2007 he was convicted and sentenced to 30 years with 20 years suspended then let out early for good behavior in jail.

“If he did violate the law in any type of manner, that we could send him to prison and in this case he's looking as to whatever penalties he gets in Ohio on top of that going back to prison for as much as 20 years,” Negangard said.

Neighbors of King said his mother made it clear that King was a registered sex offender and was living with her for the past couple of years.

“We had hoped that was something in his past that he had put behind him and was moving on,” Katherine Skiba said.

The Ohio Adult Parole Authority took King into custody on a parole violation. King is currently in custody at the Butler County Jail.

Officials with the Attorney General’s Office said this is an ongoing investigation with pending charges and that none of the children in the images are found to be Tri-State children.